Raynor: “Teaching apprenticeships wouldn’t necessarily be scrapped”
Shadow Education Secretary Angela Raynor has revealed that Labour “wouldn’t necessarily scrap” teaching apprenticeships, describing them as “a good route into education”. However, Raynor stressed that the top recruitment priority is to improve working conditions for teachers. Speaking at the Teach First’s Impact Conference in Wembley, Raynor said: “Teacher recruitment and retention is more about the […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Introducing Edulink One from Overnet Data
Discover EduLink One by Overnet Data Ltd, a new and comprehensive online portal available on any device, transforming how teachers parents and students engage and share key SIMS information. A single integrated system that is easily accessible and that offers staff, parents and students services that they use on a daily basis. It has one […]
Fire chiefs: All UK schools should be fitted with sprinklers
Fire chiefs have agreed that schools throughout the UK should be fitted with fire sprinklers as mandatory. Scotland and wales currently fit sprinkler systems in schools. However England and Northern Ireland do not, with National Fire Chiefs arguing this must change. The Department for Education (DfE) said the safety of children was their priority, while […]
INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT: Integrate your security management for a safer campus with AIT
Access control, CCTV and intruder alarms have been available for a long time as individual solutions helping protect property and people. Only recently has it become possible to integrate them. They can now sit on a network connected by a computer/PC allowing you to capture video or a still image at the exact time someone […]
CASE STUDY: Secure relationship between dormakaba & UWE
For its new Faculty of Business and Law building, dormakaba has supplied the University of the West of England with high security mechanical locking systems… Located on the Frenchay Campus, the Bristol-based University’s new Faculty of Business and Law Building comprises two showcase law courts, a city trading room, a 300-seat lecture theatre, two Harvard […]
Safeguard your students and your data with SonicWall
Safeguarding is not a new issue for schools but the demands of keeping children and young people safe have grown significantly over the last 10 years. This has led to the Department of Education (DfE) to update the , (KCSIE) guidance with every school now needing to consider and review its safeguarding policies and procedures, focusing […]
BlackBerry AtHoc communicates emergency notifications within 90 seconds
“Emergency notifications that used to take 90 minutes to deploy are now communicated within 90 seconds using BlackBerry AtHoc,” said Maxim Zakurdaev, Enterprise Architect and Technical Product Management, Canada House of Commons John Durbridge Campus Security Manager, Property from Sydney’s Macquarie University, added: “Knowing that the AtHoc solution we have in place is used by US […]
Time running out to register for the Education Forum
There are just a handful of delegate places left for next month’s Education Forum, which is taking place on November 20th & 21st at the Whittlebury Hall Hotel, Northamptonshire As a reminder, your free VIP invitation includes: – A personalised itinerary of meetings with trusted education industry suppliers – An inspiring seminar programme on relevant hot topics […]
Learning by Questions joins BESA Launchpad community
Learning by Questions (LbQ), a teaching and learning programme conceived by EdTech pioneer Tony Cann CBE (Founder of Promethean) has this week become the latest company to join the Launchpad arm of the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA). LbQ has a team of 30 educators who receive guidance from the Institute for Effective Education at […]
Two thirds of UK schools missing out on educational workshops
Two thirds of UK schools are missing out on educational workshops, designed to provide pupils of all abilities with the skills they need to adopt a growth mindset. That’s according to The Happy Puzzle Company, which says that in the UK, 14.4% of pupils have specific learning difficulties (SLD), 25% of which also have moderate […]